Alan Turing and His Contemporaries : Building the World's First Computers
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| Title: | Alan Turing and His Contemporaries : Building the World's First Computers |
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| Description: | Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today's hardware and software. |
| Authors: | Simon Lavington |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Computers--History, Computer engineering--History |
| Categories: | COMPUTERS / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today's hardware and software. |
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| ISBN: | 9781906124908 9781780171050 9781780171067 |
